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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CENTER FOR RURAL STRATEGIES INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,441,661
Total expenses
$2,843,498
Contributions and grants received
$3,106,987
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$26,395
Investment income
$308,279
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$7,646,960
Total liabilities, end of year
$110,897
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$7,536,063
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,392,491
Management and general expenses
$422,348
Fundraising expenses
$28,659
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,392,491

Program services were 84.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,106,987

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MEDIA CONSULTING

    total $26,395 · related or exempt $26,395

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $308,279 · excluded $308,279

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $454,761 · program services $369,671 · management and general $79,929 · fundraising $5,161

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $719,918 · program services $585,216 · management and general $126,533 · fundraising $8,169

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $35,744 · program services $29,471 · management and general $5,916 · fundraising $357

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $99,851 · program services $82,327 · management and general $16,525 · fundraising $999

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $93,538 · program services $77,122 · management and general $15,481 · fundraising $935

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $47,419 · program services $39,098 · management and general $7,848 · fundraising $473

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $24,694 · program services $17,473 · management and general $7,009 · fundraising $212

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $16,530 · program services $13,902 · management and general $2,488 · fundraising $140

  • 17 · Travel

    total $210,559 · program services $157,919 · management and general $42,112 · fundraising $10,528

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $19,095 · program services $15,744 · management and general $3,160 · fundraising $191

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONSULTANTS AND CONTRAC

    total $1,076,998 · program services $969,298 · management and general $106,623 · fundraising $1,077

  • 24b · Other expenses: TELEPHONE

    total $25,783 · program services $21,258 · management and general $4,267 · fundraising $258

  • 24c · Other expenses: ALLIES AND LEARNING

    total $14,887 · program services $12,274 · management and general $2,464 · fundraising $149

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $2,195 · program services $500 · management and general $1,695

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,526 · program services $1,218 · management and general $298 · fundraising $10

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $6,985,902 · end of year $7,637,402

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $50,837 · end of year $9,558

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $33,787

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $33,787

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $98,839 · end of year $110,897

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,332,487 · end of year $5,135,627

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,605,413 · end of year $2,400,436

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE CENTER FOR RURAL STRATEGIES SEEKS TO IMPROVE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS FOR COMMUNITIES IN THE COUNTRYSIDE AND AROUND THE WORLD THROUGH THE CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE USE OF MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS. BY PRESENTING ACCURATE AND COMPELLING PORTRAITS OF RURAL LIVES AND CULTURES, WE HOPE TO DEEPEN PUBLIC DEBATE AND CREATE A NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH POSITIVE CHANGE FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES CAN OCCUR.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO IMPROVE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS FOR COMMUNITIES THROUGH CREATIVE/INNOVATIVE USE OF MEDIA.

  • PROGRAM SERVICES INCLUDE HELPING COMMUNITIES AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS INCORPORATE MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS INTO THEIR WORK IN SUPPORT OF STRATEGIC GOALS. IN ADDITION, IT INCLUDES THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS THAT EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE PROBLEMS AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT EXIST IN CONTEMPORARY RURAL COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $2,392,491 · Revenue $26,395

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Erickson Blakney

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shirley Sneve

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert Wisdom

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dwight Langhum

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ligia Cravo

    VICE CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ali Webb

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sara Moynihan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stephen Gong

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Adam Giorgi

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $93,392
    From this org
    $89,800
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,592
    Hours/week
    40

  • Charles Marty Newell

    COO

    Total calculated
    $107,869
    From this org
    $103,720
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,149
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

  • Tim Marema

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $107,120
    From this org
    $103,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,120
    Hours/week
    40

  • Dee Davis

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $116,979
    From this org
    $112,480
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,499
    Hours/week
    40

  • Whitney Kimball Coe

    VP NATIONAL PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $47,590
    From this org
    $45,760
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,830
    Hours/week
    30

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
13 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523219349304037

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